इंदुर

See also: इंदूर

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit उन्दुर (undura), इन्दूर (indūra) from a lost Vedic substrate language,^[1] likely related to Austroasiatic Munda Languages(compare Old Khmer kuntūra whence Khmer កណ្ដុរ (kɑndol)). Compare Bengali ইঁদুর (ĩdur), Assamese এন্দুৰ (endur), Sylheti ꠃꠘ꠆ꠖꠥꠞ (undur), Gujarati ઉંદર (undar), Marathi उंदीर (undīr), Konkani उंदिर (undir).

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɪn.d̪ʊɾ/, [ɪ̃n̪.d̪ʊɾ]

Noun edit

इंदुर • (indur) m (Urdu spelling اندر)

mouse, rat
Synonyms: चूहा (cūhā), मूसा (mūsā), मूषक (mūṣak)

Declension edit

Declension of इंदुर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इंदुर indur	इंदुर indur
oblique	इंदुर indur	इंदुरों indurõ
vocative	इंदुर indur	इंदुरो induro

References edit

^ Kuiper, F. B. J. (1948) Proto-Munda Words In Sanskrit, Amsterdam: N.V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, page 27

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इंदुर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “इंदुर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “undura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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